Engine blew white smoke died then generator
Well, everything was running fine with this Cummins ISX15 525hp when we stopped on a grade (3% maybe) for one way traffic. Suddenly the eng idled badly and it blew a bunch of white smoke and died. No ...
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White smoke is typically the result of one of a number of bad things, however there is only a couple of things that could afflict 2 different engines.
That is water in the fuel, enough to overwhelm the fuel water separator on the rig’s engine.
It’s hard to believe that’s the issue though considering how high the pickup for the genset is.
That is water in the fuel, enough to overwhelm the fuel water separator on the rig’s engine.
It’s hard to believe that’s the issue though considering how high the pickup for the genset is.
